Alienware M18xR2

Performance Results


Gaming 9% Tree trunk	Desktop 69% Battle cruiser	Workstation 8% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (49th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 51 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 77.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	4.53% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	58.9% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory	16GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 16GB also allows for very large file and system caches, software development and batch photo editing/processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

CPU throttled at 99% by Windows. Ensure maximum processor state is set to 100% via Settings > System > Power & sleep > Additional power settings > Change plan settings > Change advanced power settings > Processor power management > Maximum processor state.

System	Alienware M18xR2 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware M18xR2
Memory	12.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20130913
Uptime	1.2 Days
Run Date	Jun 25 '18 at 17:43
Run Duration	140 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	2%
CPU Throttled	99%

PC Performing as expected (49^th percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-3940XM-$344 2,187 User benchmarks, average bench 70% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	77.1% Very good	Memory 83.5 1-Core 107 2-Core 203 75% 131 Pts	4-Core 387 8-Core 520 58% 453 Pts	64-Core 518 32% 518 Pts
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 77.1% Great: 78%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel HD 4000 (Mobile 1.25 GHz) 409,110 User benchmarks, average bench 3% Dell(1028 0550) 2GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 10.18.10.4653 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	4.53% Terrible	Lighting 4.97 Reflection 6.46 Parallax 3.41 4% 4.94 fps	MRender 6.95 Gravity 2.77 Splatting 9.3 6% 6.34 fps
Poor: 2% ↑ This bench: 4.53% Great: 4%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
PNY CS1311 480GB-$31 13,149 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 266GB free (System drive) Firmware: CS131122 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 278 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 78 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 100 100 591 (AD) Unknown 100 100 65541 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 17 (C2) HDA temperature 70 70 128850984990 (DA) Unknown 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 100 100 99 (F1) Unknown 100 100 1060	58.9% Above average	Read 517 Write 339 Mixed 358 90% 405 MB/s	4K Read 20.8 4K Write 29.2 4K Mixed 7.89 57% 19.3 MB/s	DQ Read 20.9 DQ Write 30.4 DQ Mixed 40.5 26% 30.6 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 58.9% Great: 101%
PNY CS1311 480GB-$31 13,149 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 136GB free Firmware: CS131122 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 275 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 79 (A8) Unknown 100 100 6 (AA) Unknown 100 100 778 (AD) Unknown 100 100 65540 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 18 (C2) HDA temperature 70 70 128850984990 (DA) Unknown 100 100 6 (E7) Temperature 100 100 99 (F1) Unknown 100 100 790	59.1% Above average	Read 519 Write 337 Mixed 344 88% 400 MB/s	4K Read 21 4K Write 30.5 4K Mixed 7.71 58% 19.7 MB/s	DQ Read 22.1 DQ Write 31.3 DQ Mixed 7.77 11% 20.4 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 59.1% Great: 101%
Seagate Laptop SSHD 2.5" 1TB-$41 64,201 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 77GB free Firmware: SM15 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (75^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 115 99 99501912 (03) Spinup time 98 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 720 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 72 60 12941451071 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 3912 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 820 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 4295032836 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 61 40 1452355092519 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 204 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 98 98 4697 (C2) HDA temperature 39 60 85899345959 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (FE) Unknown 100 100 0	56.9% Above average	Read 85.9 Write 111 Mixed 102 75% 99.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.45 4K Write 5.62 4K Mixed 0.63 193% 2.23 MB/s
Poor: 19% ↑ This bench: 56.9% Great: 65%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston X7C75G-HYC 4x4GB 524 User benchmarks, average bench 60% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB SODIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing below potential (13^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	48.8% Average	MC Read 17.5 MC Write 16.7 MC Mixed 14.7 47% 16.3 GB/s	SC Read 14.9 SC Write 18.1 SC Mixed 17.6 48% 16.9 GB/s	Latency 74.2 54% 74.2 ns
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 48.8% Great: 67%

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Gaming 16%

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Desktop 68%

Battle cruiser

Workstation 14%

Tree trunk

System: Alienware M18xR2

CPU
Core i7-3630QMIntel $420Bench 61%, 65,927 samples	40x
Core i7-3840QMIntel $549Bench 66%, 3,981 samples	29x
Core i7-3940XMIntel $344Bench 70%, 2,187 samples	28x

GPU
GTX 680MNvidiaBench 19%, 1,365 samples	40x
HD 4000 (Mobile 1.25 GHz)IntelBench 3%, 409,110 samples	32x
GTX 675MNvidiaBench 12%, 994 samples	26x

SSD
SSDSC2KG038T8R 4TBBench 80%, 26 samples	11x
LMH-256V2M-11 MSATA 256GBLiteonBench 76%, 938 samples	6x
840 Evo mSATA 1TBSamsungBench 100%, 613 samples	6x

RAM
16KTF1G64HZ-1G6E1 Samsung M471B1G73QH0-YK0 Samsung M471B1G73DB0-YK0 Samsung M471B1G73DB0-YK0 32GBMicronBench 52%, 12 samples	11x
16KTF1G64HZ-1G6E1 Samsung M471B1G73DB0-YK0 Samsung M471B1G73DB0-YK0 Samsung M471B1G73QH0-YK0 32GBMicronBench 55%, 10 samples	9x
HMT351S6CFR8C-PB 4x4GBHynixBench 53%, 1,421 samples	6x

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Value: 54% - Above average

Total price: $420

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16